Abstracting & Indexing

The International Journal of Sexual Health, Fertility and Reproductive Medicine is committed to improving the discoverability and accessibility of its published research through recognized scholarly databases, abstracting services, and academic discovery platforms.

1. Abstracting and Indexing Services

The journal will list its abstracting and indexing services based only on officially confirmed coverage. This approach promotes transparency and helps prevent unverified indexing claims.

Abstracting & Indexing:
Information will be updated as the journal receives confirmed inclusion in recognized databases and scholarly indexing services.

2. Google Scholar

Google Scholar is a scholarly search platform that enables researchers to discover academic articles, research papers, and citations. Published articles may become discoverable through Google Scholar based on the platform's indexing and metadata collection.

3. OpenAlex

OpenAlex is an open scholarly information system providing metadata about research works, authors, journals, institutions, and citations. Journal coverage should be represented only after the journal's records are verified in the platform.

4. Other Scholarly Databases

The journal may pursue inclusion in appropriate abstracting and indexing services relevant to sexual health, fertility, reproductive medicine, gynecology, obstetrics, reproductive health, infertility, reproductive endocrinology, and related medical and healthcare sciences.

Examples of recognized services that may be relevant include:

  • Crossref

  • Google Scholar

  • OpenAlex

  • DOAJ

  • Dimensions

  • EBSCO

  • ProQuest

  • PubMed/MEDLINE, where applicable

  • Index Copernicus

  • Other discipline-specific scholarly databases

Important: Inclusion in any database should be announced on the journal website only after official acceptance or verified coverage.

5. Transparency of Indexing Claims

The International Journal of Sexual Health, Fertility and Reproductive Medicine does not claim indexing in a database solely because an application has been submitted or because individual articles may appear in a search result. Each indexing claim should be supported by verifiable information from the relevant indexing service.